Nordstrom v. White Metal Rolling and Stamping Corp.

*643Hale, J.

(dissenting)—All Philip J. Nordstrom wanted to do was buy a stepladder. He bought one at the Fuller Paint Store, 720 North Fairview in Seattle, for $17.32, thinking he knew what he was about. Little did he know, for the ladder gave no premonitory signs, that one day, in a court of law, its buyer would be required to meet and match the combined cerebral output of representatives from Associated General Contractors of America, Association of Casualty and Surety Companies, Association of American Railroads, American Ladder Institute, American Petroleum Institute, National Association of…